Sex abuse scandal haunts Pope Francis' aide and Australia's top Catholic cleric George Pell
George Pell strongly denies the allegations and says he had no knowledge of widespread paedophilia in the church in Australia, even suggesting a conspiracy to bring him down.
Jun 29, 2017, 08:58 AM ISTKabul to probe child sex slavery fuelling insider attacks
Child sex abuse is deeply entrenched in Uruzgan, where police commanders, judges, government officials and survivors of such attacks told AFP that the Taliban are recruiting 'bacha bazi' victims to attack their abusers
Jun 28, 2016, 12:32 PM ISTTaliban use `honey trap` boys to kill Afghan police
In the province of Uruzgan, "bacha bereesh" -- or boys without beards -- widely become objects of lustful attraction for powerful police commanders.
Jun 16, 2016, 10:06 AM ISTPope condemns paedophilia as details of girl's death shock Italy
Though the Catholic Church itself has been rocked by its own abuse scandals, he did not mention them on Sunday as he has in the past.
May 16, 2016, 22:22 PM IST
Michael Jackson's ex-doctor 'never found evidence' of paedophilia
Treacy has also defended Jackson in his book where he writes about Jackson's empathy towards children suffering from HIV in Rwanda and expressed his desire to do a concert from them.
Nov 22, 2015, 15:59 PM IST